Questionnaire Interview Checklist Research Instruments

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3.3 Research Instruments

The instruments used in this study were questionnaire and interview checklist:

3.3.1 Questionnaire

In order to answer the first and the second research problem, a set of questionnaire was constructed. The questionnaire was divided into 4 parts. The first part Part A consisted of 8 closed questions about the level of Internet access of the student, the second part Part B consisted of 1 closed question about the problems that the student faced in using Internet for academic purposes, the third part Part C consisted of 6 open-ended questions about the student’s recommendations to solve the problems that they faced in using Internet for academic purposes, the fourth part Part D consisted of 20 statements to get responses of Likert scale totally disagree, disagree, neutral, agree, totally agree, in order to find out the student’s perceptions on the use of Internet in improving their academic achievements. The questionnaire blueprint can be seen as follows: 30 Table 3.1 Questionnaire Blueprint Part Question Description A 1 - 8 These 8 questions revealed the level of Internet access of the students points or place of Internet use, frequency and spent time on using Internet, the use of Internet facilities or purpose of Internet use B 1 This question gathered information about the major problems that the students faced in using Internet for academic purposes C 1- 6 These 6 questions gathered information about the students’ recommendations to solve the problems that they faced in using Internet for academic purposes D 1 – 6 These 6 questions gathered information about the students’ experiences in using Internet for academic purposes D 7 – 11 These 5 questions gathered information about the students’ perceptions of the use of Internet for academic purposes D 12 - 20 These 9 questions gathered information about the students’ perceptions of the Internet contributions in improving the students’ academic achievements

3.3.2 Interview Checklist

The use of interview in this study was to find out the opinions of three lecturers on the problems of the students in using Internet for academic purposes, and to ask them about possible solutions that they may offer. Each interview was recorded to prevent distraction of using taking notes only. The interview blueprint can be seen as follows: 31 Table 3.2 Interview Blueprint Question Description 1 - 6 These 6 questions gathered information about the lecturers’ recommendations to solve the problems that the students faced in using Internet for academic purposes

3.4 Data Gathering Technique